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Brazil moves slum residents after killer rainsRio De Janeiro (AFP) April 11, 2010 Brazilian authorities evacuated thousands of shantytown residents Sunday so their houses could be demolished after heavy rains that killed 224 people last week threatened further landslides. Rio mayor Eduardo Paes said residents of the Morro de Urubu favelas (shantytowns) were being evacuated starting Saturday ahead of demolitions planned for Monday. The mayor decreed late last week that residents could be forcibly removed from their neighborhoods, perched precariously on hillsides. "There i ... read more |
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A New Principle In Material Science DiscoveredProvidence RI (SPX) Apr 13, 2010 Materials scientists have known that a metal's strength (or weakness) is governed by dislocation interactions, a messy exchange of intersecting fault lines that move or ripple within metallic crystals. But what happens when metals are engineered at the nanoscale? Is there a way to make metals stronger and more ductile by manipulating their nanostructures? Brown University scientists may have figured out a way. In a paper published in Nature, Huajian Gao and researchers from the University of Alaba ... read more |
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 Netanyahu pulls out of summit to avoid nuclear spotlight Obama warns on nexus of terrorism and nuclear arms | .. |
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